RT Report
T1 Financing Circularity: Demystifying Finance for Circular Economies
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A2 Raes, Jan
A2 van Ast, Liesel
K1 circular economy
K1 waste management
K1 recycling
K1 green economy
K1 financing
K1 sustainable consumption
K1 financial policy
SN 978-92-807-3803-2
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/34120
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/34120
NO This report offers emerging evidence of the potential to scale up finance to accelerate the shift away from a take-make-waste model of resource use and pollution to a circular economy, and practical steps to embed circularity into financing. The insights in this reportcan guide financial institutions to address the opportunities and threats offered by the transition, providing recommendations for policymakers for frameworks to accelerate financing for a circular economy, with examples of measures that have proven effectivearound the world.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 20, 2026